EFI appoints Frank Pennisi as new CEO

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI), a global leader in digital industrial imaging and portfolio company of Siris Capital Group LLC, has announced the appointment of Frank Pennisi, a veteran of the industrial and technology sectors, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In tandem, EFI’s Fiery business unit has been separated as an independent company that will remain wholly owned by Siris. As separate companies, EFI and Fiery will have distinct areas of strategic focus that will enable them to serve their customers better and grow over the long-term, with EFI as an industrial inkjet leader and Fiery as the leading digital front end (DFE) provider.

Jeff Jacobson, a 35-year veteran of the digital imaging sector who led EFI as CEO following its 2019 take-private by Siris, will remain Executive Chairman of each business. Headquartered in Londonderry, N.H., EFI will be solely focused on driving the analog-to-digital transition across the corrugated/packaging, display graphics, textile, and building materials/décor end-markets for industrial inkjet. Frank earned a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a BS in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.